Risk Assessment Template (Excel)

An Excel risk assessment template for Queensland businesses that scores the risk for you. Describe each assessment, then add a row for every risk: choose the consequence and likelihood from drop-down lists and the score and rating (High, Substantial, Low or Very low) work out and take their colour. Record the controls in the order the Regulation sets, from elimination down to PPE, give each action an owner and a due date, and score the risk again with the controls in place. Open and overdue actions are counted on the Start Here sheet, and a sign-off sheet records the assessor, supervisor and workers. It is a risk assessment record and does not replace a safe work method statement for high risk construction work.

What Is Included In Our Risk Assessment (Excel)?

• A Start Here sheet: type your details once and they appear on every sheet and printed page
• An Assessment Details sheet with task, area, assessor, supervisor, date, workers consulted, review trigger and review date
• A Hazard Assessment sheet with one row for each risk: hazard, what could happen, who is exposed and existing controls
• Initial risk scored from drop-down lists of consequence and likelihood, with a risk score and a High, Substantial, Low or Very low rating
• Control type in the order of the hierarchy of controls, further controls and the reason a higher control was not used
• Action owner, due date, status and days overdue, with open and overdue actions counted
• Residual risk scored again with the further controls in place, plus control checked on, checked by and next review date
• A 5×5 Matrix sheet, a Scoring Guide with every consequence and likelihood description and a Rating Actions sheet
• A Sign-off sheet for the assessor, supervisor and each worker, and a plain-English summary of the Queensland rules on managing risk

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 18, 19, 47 to 49
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 33 to 38, 291, 299
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Excel workbook with no macros
• Drop-down lists, frozen headings, working score and rating formulas and colour highlighting
• Room for 300 risks and 60 assessments, with more rows when you need them
• Print-ready pages with your business and site details repeated on every printed page
• Drop-down options you can change on the Lists sheet to suit your business

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.